Enjoying The Arts

We went to see the new play at the OBT on Monday. They are doing the 12 Dancing Princesses. It was very good although I could tell they weren't quite ready . They had a guest director and I am sure that made thing just a little more difficult then normal. It was a great show and my kids LOVED it!! We went with my whole family because one of the princes is my brothers best friend Brady. I tried to get pictures but my camera died after 2 crappy ones! I got some others with my phone but I haven't gotten them off my phone yet.

Tuesday I went up East Canyon near Park City to watch my sister Sarah perform in the jazz band up there at band camp. She is a great trumpet player and loves it. She is a bit like me though... She left her trumpet on the bus when she got to camp!!! The concert was wonderful and it was great weather.




After that I met up with my best friend Holly(who now loves in Cali) and we practiced the art of shopping. We had to get stuff for her son's birthday party later that week. We also happened to find some really good deals on the clearance racks! It was a happy day!

Sleepovers, Animals, Birthdays and Fireworks too!

Busy weekend!

Friday night we went and saw the new Batman movie Dark Night. WOW!!!!!!!!! What a great movie!!!!!!! One of the best in the last decade! We went with Darren and Stacey so we had Kail over for a sleepover after.





The next morning we wet to Liberty Park in Salt Lake for the Animal Planet Expo. It was all free and the kids had a blast there. Tons to see and do. We were in the right place at the right time to see the dogs do Frisbee tricks. The kids LOVED that one! We also got to get up close and personal with some pretty exotic animals. It was SOOOOOOOOO hot and the kids found giant barrels of water. Before I could even register what they were doing they were all soaked head to toe. By the time we got to the car they were dry!

Right after that we all headed to Bountiful for Jackie and Russel's birthday lunch. I got Jackie the entire Twilight set! Think goodness for Walmart!

Just after we got home Jim and Joelle called to see if we wanted to go down to American fork for the Fireworks that night. So we packed back up and went down there to have dinner at the park then we went to the High School to watch the fireworks, It was great! The kids LOVE Kaleb and they had a great time just being able to run around.

The Best Weekend EVER!!!

This weekend was supposed to be a major let down. We had planned to go to Bear Lake with Joe's cousin Darren. They were going to go up Friday and I was to meet them Sat afternoon after my choir meeting. The brakes on the truck were going out and Joe forgot to take the part with him to my cousin Jerry's work to get them fixed so it put it back a day. On top of that we checked out the camp areas up there online and it was going to be $50 just to camp!!! For one night!

So we bagged the Bear Lake idea and we were just going to stay home and maybe go to a movie. Then Joe's mom asked if she could take them and suddenly the weekend held possibilities.

We took the kids to Grandmas Friday night so we could go get the truck. We went to Red Robin and we WERE going to go see Get Smart but ended up just walking around the District (outside mall) and talked through the whole thing! It had been so long since we just talked with out anything else going on, places to be, kids interrupting ect... it was SOOOOO nice! We stayed up WAY too late and slept in. I had an hour to get ready and be to my choir meeting at noon! While I was there til 5 Joe went to the movies with his friends Tony and Phil.

When we met back up we went to our favorite Indian restaurant and then headed downtown to our hotel! We stayed right downtown and walked to the OBT for the comedy show. It was so nice and warm! The show was AMAZING!!! The guys were so on! I hadn't laughed so hard in my whole life! We walked back to our hotel after we stayed and talked to the theaters owner for and hour! The hotel had a hot tub open 24 hrs! We had the best time staying up til 3am!

This morning we got up just before 11 and ran down to catch breakfast before it closed then we got ready and headed to Park City. There was a street market so we walked though that then went to the book store to inhale the wonderful chocolate store that shares a building. Mmmmmmm

We drove the back way and passed through Heber and stopped at the church there. 11.5 yrs ago Joe and I had our first kiss there under a tree. It was fun to be there again and remember that day. I love every second of this weekend. I am so glad it turned out way better then we expected.

All Caught Up!

Read on to see our fun adventures!

There are 6 new posts full of pictures and craziness!

4th of July Weekend!

Thursday we headed out to go camping with my dad and brothers and my sister Sarah. We tried to convince my mom to go but she was tending Brad and Janelle's kids and didn't want to bring them out. We were sad but we had a good time.

We got there a bit later then I wanted but it all worked out. We camped up at my dad's stake property in Spanish Fork Canyon. It was so pretty and we were all alone! Well except for all the flies and bugs....

I started dinner while Joe set up camp. My brothers got there about 30 min later and helped Joe and set up their own tent. Just as dinner was ready my dad and sister pulled in. We had a great dinner and then spent the rest of the night singing songs around the campfire. My brother Alan brought his guitar. It was a great night. I wish all my family had been there. But we can plan another time.

Friday the kids spent all day swinging on the rope swing and going on rides on the 4 wheeler. My brothers left just before lunch to go to their other 4th plans. We had some neighbors join teh area. He was friends with my other brother Brad. He had his wife Brooke with him and their friends Sharon and John.

Me, Joe, Dad and Sarah all read and then played games til it was time to start dinner. Dad and Sarah had to get back to mom and the other plans they had. My sister Holly and her fam were supposed to come down and Joe's cousins were supposed to come up that day but neither showed so we had a TON of food at dinner. Just as dinner was ready the neighbors came back so we invited them to come eat with us. It was a really nice evening!

Saturday we woke up early and broke camp. I wanted to be out by 9:30 but we didn't make it. 10:15 was prety good. We got to Joes family reunion up Springville Canyon just at the perfect time and all went well. I was in charge if games for the kids and they had a good time. We had a fishing thing and water fights. Then a raffle and a piñata. After most everyone had left we had a small b-day party for RyRy.

That night all of Joe's family that was up from New Mexico and his cousin Darren came over to do fireworks. Darren is a cop and had boxes of illegals. It was so fun! Until we got caught.... It was really good to see his family from NM. We love them and don't get to see them very much and when we do see them our time with them is so short. I think we will go down when the kids go off track again.

Busy Week 2

As you can see I had alot to catch up on. It just keeps comin....

Friday we went down to St George to buy a new trailer!!!! Love it and we love the family we bought it from! We are planning to go camping with them when they get a new trailer!

Monday we went to my parents house for Kyle's, Steven's and Ryan's birthdays.
We had a nice BBQ and time to just chill and hang out. I love my family. All the littles ones get along and love to play together. Steven made home made ice cream and it was so good!

Steven got gift card
good at the entire mall
downtown. Lucky....

We all pitched in and got Kyle a nice music stand and light so when he sings songs to teh kids on his guitar he can actually see his music! What a concept!


Ry was spoiled. We gave him a crap load of toys that Joe bought before he was even born. We had to wait til he was old enough to actually play with them.






That night we headed home with my brother Brad's dog Honey in tow. We kept her for 5 days while they went to Park City for their anniversary. She was a good dog and loved playing with my kids and dogs and my dogs loved having her around. We went camping for the 4th(another post) and she had a blast!




We went to Riverton Days for Ryan's birthday. We had Joe's cousin Darren and his family come with us. Kale(Darren's son) is Ryan's age and they are best buds. Everyone had a great time riding rides and playing games.

Happy Birthday Ryan!

Ryan is 4!!! Time has gone by so fast. I can't believe my youngest is already 4! One more year and he will be in in Kindergarten! I did the math a while back and realized that when he graduates I will only be 45!!! I am excited about that!

We are so blessed to have Ry in our family. He is such a joy and so very loving. He loves to give hugs and kisses just because. My favorite is when he comes up to me and hugs me and says "I love you momma." Or when he touches my face and says "Momma you are so beautiful."

Ryan has been a challenge for me. He is a crazy boy and I wasn't sure I would be able to do a boy. When he started all his mischief (see Ryan Out Takes photo album) I was sure I wouldn't last.

He LOVES Star Wars which Joe is SOOOOOOOOO happy about. Joe has always been afraid that we would name him with Anakin as his middle name and then he would hate Star Wars. But no worries. He even put in a special request that he get a Star Wars Pillow from G-ma Eames.

Ryan loves to play outside with he friend Ryan. He also loves to make new friends and does so very easily. More so then any of my other kids. He is so smart. He has been able to recognize his letters and numbers for a year now and if I worked just a little more with him he could be reading very soon.

His favorite thing to eat is cereal. Joe spoils him rotten. He is very much loved by all his sisters and the rest of our families. He really wants a baby in our home. He is finding it difficult to understand why we can't have one like all his friends do. He is excited to learn new things adn LOVES video games.